Looking for work is a drag, but these days your phone can help you network, find openings, and nail the interview.

Spark Hire

Spark Hire

Job hunters can find themselves competing against thousands of other people, and recruiters spend an average of only 6 seconds looking at each resume. Here's a great way to stand out: Make a video resume. To do it, you use either the web platform and your webcam or the mobile app and your phone's camera to sell yourself in a clip that's up to 60 seconds long. Once you're happy with the recording, you can include a link to your video profile page in an email, on your resume, or on a website or social network. The web platform also lets you do video interviews in real time or record yourself answering interview questions.

GetHired

GetHired

The Windows Phone ecosystem might pale in comparison to Apple's or Google's, but we like this app. Tell GetHired what kind of job you're looking for and the app will pull out relevant job listings from a half-dozen search engines, including Indeed, CareerJet, JuJu, LinkUp, SimplyHired, and CareerBuilder.